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G. CQBUGBEE. HINGED SHOE BUTTON.

No. 381,328. Patented-Apr. ,17, 1888.'

INVENTH.

WITNESSES.

NiTED STATES'- enonen o. BUGBEE, or NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, MAssAoHUsn'rTs-As- Y1 SIGNOR. OF ONE-HALFTO S. K. MERRILL '8v CO.,.OF PROVIDENCE,

RHODE ISLAND.

HiNeEo-SHO'EBUTTQN.

sPncIr-rcAr-IQN forming part of Letters raten/c No. 381,328, atea April 17. laas. Application tiled February 3, 1 888. Serial No.`2i 2,872. (No model.) i i To @ZZ whom it may concern/ Be it known that I, GEORGE C. BUGBEE, of North Attleborough, county of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Hinged-Shoe Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with'the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthe same, to be a description thereof. v

This `invention relates to that varietyof buttons'the Vback of which is composed of two pivoted arms adapted to be turned into a poplates.

post and shoe of the button.

sition substantially parallel with the buttonhead to hold 'the article in place, and into 'a position substantially at right angles to the head to enable the button to be applied and removed. c

The improvement consists in Certain features of constructionl hereinafter described and claimed, whereby the arms can be brought into their two positionsy automatically by turning the button-head. 1

--In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a button embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 shows a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a view at right angles to' that shown in Fig. 1, the head of the button being in sectionon linex x, Fig. 5, and' the arms being in position for the button to be.

applied and removed. Figs. 4 and 5 represent horizontal sections on line Y Y of Fig. 3,

with the arms in different'positions. Fig. k6 shows one of the arms in perspective. Fig. 7 represents a top view of the cupto which the arms are pivoted. Fig. 8 shows a rear view of the lever-plate employed. Figs. 9 and 10 show rearviews of modified forms of lever- Fig. 11 represents a transverse section on line Z Zof the plate shown in Fig. 10.

A is thebutton-head, which may be of any preferred form. B B are the arms which are hinged thereto, and constitute the combined As shown in Figs. l and 6, these arms are bent or formed into substantially an .L shape, andy each is furnished with two laterally-projecting pivots, b

As shown in Fig. 3, ,the arms are hinged Y fy to admit them, and is preferably provide with cavities c c', to receive the" two louter pivots, b b, ofthe arms.` The bearings of the inner pivots, b b', are in a sleeve or tube, d, Fig. 3, which is slipped over said pivots, this vconstruction enabling the arms t0 be pivoted .in the same diametrical line and to be brought close together laterally.` Y The cup C may be mounted'in any desired manner to turnlon the head A; but as'shown in Figr3 it hasa flange, c2, at its top, which rests upon ears e, projecting inwardly from aV plate, E. 'These ears are integral with ,the

plate, and are produced by cutting themout of the plate, as shown in Fig. and thenbinding them inwardly to `hold the cup in place, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. j The-plate E is rigidly secured to the buttonhead, "and, as shown in the drawings, forms Y.

the back plate or lining thereof. Itis also brought down to overliethe pivot'sb b on the `arms and retain them in the cavities c' in the cup C. The plate E is also arranged and constructed toactfas a leverfplate to'operate the i arms when the button-head is turned. For this purpose it is furnished, as shown in Figs.

3, 4, 5, and 8, with two perforations orfcup's, ff', which receive the inner ends, b2 Zarespectively, ofthe arms. For'locking the'arms in position, a spring, G,is provided, which Ais .secured within the plate E, Figs. 3, 4, and 5,

and the cup G is furnished upon the inside of its vertical wall orv rim with two notches,c3, f

Figs. 4, 5, and 7.

The ends of the spring pass outwardly through slots in the plateE, and-v When the armsare parallelwith the buttonhead one end of thespring ,engages one ofthe notches ci, as shown in Fig. 4, and when the arms -are at right angles to the button-head-the opposite end lofthe spring engages the otherl notch c", as-shown in Fig. 5, thus Aholding the cup G, and thereby the arms, in tixed'rpositions relative to the button-head. f f Preferably the cup C is furuishedon its back the button-holes and assist the spring in pre. venting any accidental turning of the buttonhead after the .button has been applied. j

.with two lugs, ci, Figs.' 1 and 2, which pass into a head is then turned (and the button-head pushed toward the cuff during such turning) in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 5, when the lever-plate, by the engagement of its cupsff with the inner ends ofthe arms,'will move the arms into a position parallel with the head, as indicated at Fig. 4, the button-head making about one-eighth of a revolution. To remove the button from the cuthe head is turned in the opposite direction, as indicated by the arrow,-

l the pivots l1 b', asingle pivotal pin may be employed passing through both arms, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 2. Instead, also, of providing the plate E with two perforations or cups ff', a single perforation or cup, f, Fig. 9, in the plate may be used; or the plate may have an S-shaped bar, fprojecting from its rear surface, as shown inFigs. 10 and 11, the hooks of the S engaging the inner ends b2 b of the arms and controlling their movements in the same manner as already described.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` 1. The combination, with the button-head, of a cup or plate mounted to rotate thereon, two L-sh aped arms pivoted in said cup or-plate, and a lever-plate, substantially as described,

secured to the button-head and engaging the inner ends of the arms to move them into position when the head is turned, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the button-head, of a cup or plate mounted to rotate thereon, two L-shaped arms pivoted to said cup or plate, a lever-plate, substantially' as described, secured to the button-head and engaging the inner ends of the arms to move them into position when the head is turned, and a spring for u engaging the cup and locking it with relation to the head, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the button-head, of a cup or plate mounted to rotate thereon, two L`shaped arms having inner and outer pivots and hinged to said cup, asleeve, d, surrounding and forming a bearing for the inner pivots, and a'lever-plate, substantially as described, secured to the buttonhead and engaging the inner ends of the arms to move them into position when the head is turned, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the button head. of the cup C, having a fiange, c, and notches c, the arms B B', hinged to the cup, the leverplate E, secured to the button-head, engagin the inner ends of the arms, as described, an having tongues e, which are bent under the iiange c2 to hold the cup Cin place, and the spring G, attached to said plate and arranged, as described, to engage the notches c3 and lock thearms with relation to the button-head, suhstantially as set forth.

GEO. C. BUG BEE.

Witnesses: y

EDsoN SALIsBURY J ONES, HENRY'J. STAPELTON. 

